Br.·. John works in electroacoustic and computer-assisted music composition. His works, composed for traditional and experimental media, have been broadcast and performed internationally. He taught music theory, composition, counterpoint, and electronic music at Miami University and the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign. John has over thirty years of saxophone performance experience, including work in blues, jazz, avante-garde, and experimental idioms. He has performed with the US Navy Band, Crane Saxophone Quartet, and The Cajun Connection, and traveled extensively as an instrumental performer throughout the Pacific Marianas and Marshall Islands, Caribbean, and Central and South America. He has studied composition with Salvatore Martirano, C. James Sheppard, Paul Steinberg, G. Roger Davis, John Melby, Paul Martin Zonn, Morgan Powell, and Elliott DelBorgo. John is a level-1 Healing Touch practitioner, and was Director of Pegasus Healing Systems (2000). He also was a s6k producer for Real University News. John lives in a cave in the Shatagee Woods, where he has become transformed into a mysterious Adirondack hermit. He is Founder of The Shatagee Museum of Unnatural History, where he researches esoterika, audio synthesis, algorithmic composition, produces psychedelic techno, develops music composition software, and enjoys the woods.

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LP Stiles is a genre-bending group of musicians who have come together to create what its members hope is, and will continue to be, an original sound. Beginning as a trio in the summer of 2006, the band played various small cafes and bars in the Philadelphia and New York City areas, utilizing their individual abilities and talents in a collective effort to develop a definitive style. Eventually, the decision was made to add a new dimension to what was already becoming an exciting sound. After a performance with Max Swan, a gifted, up-and-coming player from Philadelphia, in the winter of 2008, the band decided to make Swan and his instrument permanent fixtures in the group’s lineup. Like the musicians who have come before them, each member of LP Stiles draws upon a stockpile of various and diverse musical influences that serves to give a unique character to the group’s sound. The creative spirit of legends such as Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Wonder, Michael Brecker, and John McLaughlin can be heard in a final product, which, for label’s sake, can be categorized as jazz/funk fusion. So, with a dedication to the virtues of musical integrity and originality, the members of LP Stiles look forward to a rewarding, ongoing collaboration, and to infusing their works with a collective passion- an incomparable, never-ending love for music, the greatest wealth of them all.

"Always move forward!" That's Am dBang's mantra. After studying philosophy, eastern religions and finally discovering the power of nature, this producer/dj, has discovered the importance and elegance that the properties of sound embody. "The frequencies that surround us and move us are truly the building blocks of flow that form our next steps in evolution." Am has spent years enjoying the club scenes in Vancouver, Halifax, Toronto, Spain and most recently Miami. "When my perception got keener and I could feel the diverse ideas that electronic music offered I was hooked. That was in 2002. I got my first turntables and that's when my life became filled with purpose. Curiosity led me to producing tracks and then the djing part made more sense. The elements became my friends and the focus got stronger."

Am's focus right now is on the funky side of techno. "I love all the glitchy, metallic sounds that programs like Reason 4 have to offer. Adding a little soul to the machine sounds is almost like creating new sci-fi life forms. It's so satisfying." Each new experience helps move us forward and that's what Am dBang is here to do. To listen, learn and share.

Tom Howie is a singer/songwriter from Vancouver, BC. After releasing his debut EP Stepping Stones to great reviews and eager audiences in September 2005, he has gone on to play many of the premier clubs in Vancouver while completing his final year of high school.

Now 18 and graduated, Tom is taking on music full time, including recording a full length album with producer/musician Ashwin Sood (Sarah McLachlan) and engineer Chris Potter (Bryan Adams, Sarah McLachlan). Also on board is Vancouver/San Francisco based composer/producer/musician Jason Nett (composer in residence, Vancouver Island Symphony Orchestra).

After being the lead singer and songwriter in many bands throughout high school, Tom decided to go out on his own and play the music that came most naturally to him. “I want to be able to write a band tune or a little soulful ballad, or whatever else, and just let it be what it is. I'm enjoying the freedom of experimentation."

With that thought in mind, Tom sat down with friend/producer Josh Bluman to record Stepping Stones at the studio of highly acclaimed producer Garth Richardson (Rage Against The Machine, Hedley, Red Hot Chili Peppers). The EP features stripped down versions of four soulful, satisfying songs. YouThink Magazine had this to say: “The ability to spin out four tracks that have yet to be boring, complete with lyrics that are startlingly affecting, isn’t just dumb luck. Howie’s observations about life and its joys and sorrows, combined with his acoustic, mellow sound, build a strong sample of what he has yet to give.”

Looking ahead, Tom is filled with great excitement about recording new material, which he says has lots more to offer; from simple, haunting, poetic songs, to full out rockers. “Things are just starting to work out for me, and there is nothing else I’d rather be doing. I love playing, singing and writing more than anything. Busy? Bring it on!”

Be sure to see Tom Howie live in concert, either with his band or on his own. Visit myspace.com/tomhowie for tour dates and streaming audio.

•  Awesome track
•  Great voice
•  Stop and listen and chllin'

I was born in Philadelphia, raised in New Jersey, currently in Tulsa...I've produced bands as are on http://www.indiestore.com/yasher Neptune (members: Jason Largent, drummer; Joesph N. Frye, guitarist; Andrew McCormick, saxophone; Lance Reynolds, lead guitarist; Sam Jones, bass; song: Strugglin')...Casually Buzzed (members: Scott Kollman, lead singer; Mitchell Levin, guitarist; various session musicians; songs: Do You Remember, Ease Your Fall, For Good This Time)...Yasher (self-produced: Edward Aizen; songs: Death & The Flower, Come A Day, Byron On The Bit, 40 on M, Soho At Dusk)

The project “zoop” and the album “Music On Hold” is the result of a work two Moscow’s musicians – bassist, composer “zoop” and saxophonist Mikhail “Syntheticsax” Morozov. Launched as a studio venture in 2004, the duo has been recently expanded to the format of a live-performing band which tends to force locks of the Moscow most bourgeois and snobbish jazzy clubs in the nearest future.

•  A whole lot of Jazzy...

I'm a drummer/guitar player turned music producer. As a means to perform my tracks with artists when a band is not possible I became a DJ. With the added turntablism I've been able to come up with what i think is some very interesting stuff.